Often when a player signs a new contract, comparable contracts around the league are used as an argument as to why the player deserves that much money. Unfortunately I think this will be a text book case of why a player SHOULD NOT take a home town discount and squeeze the team for every dollar they can.
I think we are all kind of surprised at how Glencross still isn't signed. But I'm willing to bet that this will have an effect on players who are looking to sign somewhere, and their agents will bring up Glencross as an example as to why you never take a home town discount.
As a fan I'm grateful to Glencross for his time with the team and for taking that discount. As a capitalist, it was a dumb move. Sure he had to sacrifice the NTC to stay in Alberta. But in the end, he got traded anyways. Back when he signed, the team wasn't anywhere near a contender (even though management like to think we were). He absolutely should have gotten full value for his services. Probably north of 3mil, but at the time even 4 was fair for him. Now he can't even make a team off a PTO.
Sucks for him. But he should have milked the team for all he could at the time. Most of us would have done the same. In the end, you have to look out for yourself.
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